Tallahassee shoe store owner arrested on sales tax charges

2:30 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

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Democrat staff report

The owner of Shoe Central, Inc. has been arrested on charges he didn't send more than $8,400 in sales tax collections to the state.

Sameer Okashah, 48, of Tallahassee, was arrested by Leon County Sherriff's Office deputies Wednesday on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the theft of state funds and failure to file sales and use tax returns, according to a news release from the Florida Department of ...